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DfE troubleshooter ‘hugely embarrassed’ by Bright Tribe scandal

A government troubleshooter sent in to wind up the troubled Bright Tribe trust has spoken of her “professional” embarrassment…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Durand Academy leisure centre profits still going to ex-head under £850k ‘special payment’ deal

Most of the money made by leisure facilities on a school site in south London is being paid to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Think about impact of behaviour policies on mental health, heads told

New mental health guidance should make headteachers think hard about the impact “rigid” behaviour policies have on pupils, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools with sixth forms ‘failing on careers advice’

Schools with sixth forms are failing to provide pupils with the same level of careers advice as schools without…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Replicate Plymouth model of tracking home-educated pupils, say experts

Councils have been urged to sign up academy trusts to help to track home-educated pupils, as new figures reveal…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools slammed as training company abandons apprenticeship programme

A company that trained school support workers is to cease its apprenticeship programme after Ofsted labelled it “weak” –…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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RSC league tables 2018: How are the nation’s schools commissioners doing?

The government published data last week showing how the eight regional schools commissioners are performing, three years after the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Schools forced to collect food for hungry pupils, warns UN adviser

The costs of austerity in the UK have fallen “disproportionately” on children, leaving them hungry at school and forcing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sponsors found for last Bright Tribe and ALAT schools

The government has confirmed the names of trusts taking over the remaining schools from the troubled Bright Tribe trust…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Hefty bills for the government as more academy trusts close

Soaring numbers of academy trusts are being wound up, and many are collapsing with deficits of millions of pounds,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government agency warns tutoring companies they are flouting the law

The bosses of dozens of tutoring companies have been threatened with imprisonment after the government launched a clampdown on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools face cash clawbacks after overpredicting pupil numbers

Hundreds of schools that overestimated their pupil numbers last year will have to repay £33 million in funding to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg